Small 5th wheel pin weight?
I looked at a 22 ft 2005 Sun Valley 5th wheel today with a dry weight of 3800 lbs. The dealer of course told me it is 1/2 ton tow-able. I quick did the math and said with a 700-900 pin weight it wou...
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downtheroad wrote:??
"short fifth wheels with tandem wheels have proportionately less pin weight than a larger fifth wheel."
Don't you just love what some of these salesmen come up with?.
Well it will not have the same 3000# pin as a large fifth wheel.
Often people estimate 20% for the pin... that is directly proportional even if varies a bit.
OP, yes a 22' 5er should have a pin in the 700 to 900 pound zone.
My dry pin is rated 880 and surely is higher when loaded. (26')
And yes 700 to 900 payload + hitch could very well put you over your ratings when you load up all your people and stuff. Depends on your individual ratings. Best to load up your people and take the truck to the scale to compare to truck GVWR and axle ratings.
